gwahanu
Welsh
Etymology
From gwahân + -u.
Verb
gwahanu (first-person singular present gwahanaf)
- (transitive or intransitive) to separate
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | gwahanaf | gwahani | gwahana | gwahanwn | gwahanwch | gwahanant | gwahanir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | gwahanwn | gwahanit | gwahanai | gwahanem | gwahanech | gwahanent | gwahanid | |
preterite | gwahanais | gwahanaist | gwahanodd | gwahanasom | gwahanasoch | gwahanasant | gwahanwyd | |
pluperfect | gwahanaswn | gwahanasit | gwahanasai | gwahanasem | gwahanasech | gwahanasent | gwahanasid, gwahanesid | |
present subjunctive | gwahanwyf | gwahanych | gwahano | gwahanom | gwahanoch | gwahanont | gwahaner | |
imperative | — | gwahana | gwahaned | gwahanwn | gwahanwch | gwahanent | gwahaner | |
verbal noun | gwahanu | |||||||
verbal adjectives | gwahanedig gwahanadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | gwahana i, gwahanaf i | gwahani di | gwahanith o/e/hi, gwahaniff e/hi | gwahanwn ni | gwahanwch chi | gwahanan nhw |
conditional | gwahanwn i, gwahanswn i | gwahanet ti, gwahanset ti | gwahanai fo/fe/hi, gwahansai fo/fe/hi | gwahanen ni, gwahansen ni | gwahanech chi, gwahansech chi | gwahanen nhw, gwahansen nhw |
preterite | gwahanais i, gwahanes i | gwahanaist ti, gwahanest ti | gwahanodd o/e/hi | gwahanon ni | gwahanoch chi | gwahanon nhw |
imperative | — | gwahana | — | — | gwahanwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Derived terms
- gwahanadwy (“separable, distinguishable”)
- gwahanedig (“separate”)
- gwahaniad (“separation, splitting”)
- gwahaniaeth (“difference, distinction; disagreement”)
- gwahanwr (“separator, divider”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gwahanu | wahanu | ngwahanu | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |